5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, ^twhen he brought a ^uflood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by ^vturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;¹ 7 and if he ^wrescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the ^xsensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then the Lord knows how to ^yrescue the godly from trials,² and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,